High school is already tough, but after being pegged as “the DUFF,” (that is, the “Designated Ugly Fat Friend”) by her all-star, football-playing neighbor, Wesley Rush, Bianca Piper finds the burden of high school and all it so...

"The DUFF" stands for "Designated Ugly Fat Friend." From that cruel acronym, we now have a movie designed to appeal to fans of the source material. Kody Keplinger wrote the book when she was 17 and a merry slave to high school clique cliches. But her...

"The DUFF," starring Mae Whitman, Bella Thorne and Robbie Amell, is the latest teenage comedy to explore the ever-expanding list of ways kids torture one another in high school.
For those who don't recognize the acronym, it stands for "designated ugly...

A quirky, true-to-herself protagonist, a hot boy next door and an evil popular girl compose the roller coaster ride of humor that is The DUFF.
When Bianca (Mae Whitman, Parenthood) a senior who coasted through high school with two close friends,...

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Hawaii Five-0 Barkhad Abdi ("Captain Phillips") guest stars in this new episode called in which the murder of a journalist sends McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin) and the team in pursuit of a Congolese warlord. 9 p.m. CBS
Shakespeare Uncovered Kim Cattrall discusses the middle-aged love story...

Fox won Tuesday's ratings race in key demos behind Game 1 of the World Series, even if the Giants' easy victory over the Royals came in below last year in the prelims. CBS had good news for its rookie drama "NCIS: New Orleans," which delivered its best rating since its premiere, while NBC's comedy "Marry Me" fell off by acceptable margins in its second week.
Ratings for live sports are always subject to revision due to time zone differences, but Game 1 of the World Series averaged a 2.9 rating/9 share in...

The CW's "Arrow" has already demonstrated that it's not pulling any punches in season three, unexpectedly killing fan-favorite character Sara Lance (Caity Lotz) in the final moments of the season premiere and propelling both Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) and Sara's sister Laurel (Katie Cassidy) on a new quest for justice.
Danger is hitting close to home for everyone on Team Arrow, prompting Oliver to pull back from Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) and try to dissuade new father Diggle (David Ramsey) to...

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On "The Flash," Grant Gustin's titular hero isn't the only character with special abilities, and in the Oct. 21 episode, we'll meet another DC Comics icon: Robbie Amell's Ronnie Raymond, aka one half of Firestorm -- DC's "Nuclear Man." In the series, Ronnie is an engineer on STAR Labs' particle accelerator, the device that imbues Barry, Ronnie and many other bystanders with unforeseen powers after it malfunctions. He's also the fiance of Caitlin Snow (Danielle Panabaker), and this week's episode will...

"The Flash" and "Jane the Virgin," two of fall's most well-received new shows, have gotten full-season orders at the CW, the network announced today.
This brings the episode totals to 23 for "The Flash" and 22 for "Jane."
"The Flash," which is a spinoff of the network's well-received "Arrow," opened with one of the biggest audiences for a CW show in Live+3 (6.2 million), beating ABC and Fox shows in the time period -- which is unusual for the network. While "Jane" had more modest numbers, the show's...